Lars Lien
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 373486 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lars Lien |
| NOMBRES | Lars |
| APELLIDO | Lien |
| FIRMA | LIEN L |
| AFILIACIONES | Innlandet Hospital Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0480-9208 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 47 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Combined Treatment of PTSD and Emotional Dysregulation among Inpatients with Substance Use Disorder
There are high rates of co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among patients undergoing treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). Simultaneous treatment is often lacking, despite its importance for reducing psychological burden, emotion dysregulation, dropout rates, and relapse risks. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for SUD skills training…
Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in Persons With Concurrent Severe Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Norway — A Nationwide Register Study
The pandemic worsened mental health conditions, especially for those with concurrent severe mental illness and substance use disorders (SMI/SUD). Studies have noted increased rates of psychotropic drugs prescription in the general population during the pandemic, serving as a proxy for worsened mental health. Investigating prescription trends among individuals with SMI/SUD would be of interest due to their high morbidity and high reliance of these…
Predictors of alcohol use disorder in patients with hypertension
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is often discovered very late or not at all, with a risk of undertreatment. High alcohol consumption may lead to hypertension. and hypertensive patients should be asked about their alcohol use. Our aim was to look at additional risk factors for receiving a diagnosis of AUD in patients with hypertension. Using the Norwegian full coverage patient registry, we investigated all patients who received an ICD-10 diagnosis of h…
Negative social media-related experiences and lower general self-efficacy are associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents
Social media are an integral part of adolescents' daily lives, and reviews have suggested an overall small association between more social media use and mental health problems. However, researchers have commonly investigated social media use in a time use perspective, rendering nuances in adolescents' social media experience less well explored. Thus, studies of relationships between social media use and mental health problems need also examine th…
Training non-specialists in teaching recovery techniques (TRT) to help traumatised children in humanitarian settings
The analysis showed three main themes/ challenges: (1) Who can conduct the TRT intervention? (2) What form and content should the training take? (3) How can the intervention be used in a responsible way to follow the 'do no harm' principle? We discuss the implications of the findings for trainings in scalable interventions and further research
Meaning in life in adolescents with developmental trauma
Aim:The purpose of this study was to explore how adolescent patients displaying developmental trauma experience and describe meaning in life. Schnell’s model of meaning in life is applied to explore meaningfulness, crises of meaning and sources of meaning. Method: The study has a qualitative design based on individual interviews with eight adolescents aged 14–18 years in treatment in an outpatient clinic for mental health care for children and ad…
Mental disorders and suicidality among Opioid Agonist Treatment service users in Nepal
High lifetime prevalence of major mental disorders and suicidality are common among Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) service users and impact on the outcomes of OAT programs. Despite the known detrimental effects across personal, social and economic aspects of life these associations and implications remain under-studied in resource poor settings. The aim of this study was to identify common mental disorders among OAT service users in Kathmandu val…
The relationship between religiosity/spirituality and quality of life among female Eritrean refugees living in Norwegian asylum centres
Background: Women are more vulnerable to mental health problems than men after migration, but little is known about the influence of religiosity/spirituality on their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore religiosity/spirituality, in relationships with various domains of quality of life, among female Eritrean refugees staying in Norwegian asylum centres. Method: A questionnaire assessing sociodemographic characteristics was us…
Therapists and the Topic of Meaning in Life in Their Encounters With Adolescents With Developmental Trauma
Therapists at a mental health outpatient clinic for children and adolescents found the topic of meaning important but challenging to involve in the treatment of adolescents with developmental trauma. There is a need for more research to enhance understanding of what it means to include meaning as a topic in child and adolescent psychiatry, and what may be the specific benefit and challenges involved
Associations between Mental Health, Lifestyle Factors and Worries about Climate Change in Norwegian Adolescents
Climate change is a serious global health threat that has an impact on young people's lives and may influence their mental health. Since the global climate strike movement, many adolescents have expressed worries about climate change. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of worries about climate change, and factors associated with worries about climate change, in a representative sample of Norwegian adolescents. Data were retr…
Change in Disability Associated with Psychological Distress among Internally Displaced Persons in Central Sudan
Individuals with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in conflict settings, and a high rate of psychopathology is well documented among persons with disabilities. The objective of this study was to explore the change in disability prevalence among IDPs in two settlement areas in central Sudan and the association between disability and psychological distress. In this one-year follow-up study, 1549 IDPs were interviewed twice using the General …
Sleep and energy drink consumption among Norwegian adolescents – a cross-sectional study
Most ED consumers fail to obtain the recommended 8 h of sleep at night, which could be a consequence of shorter sleep duration and longer shuteye latency. We found a dose-response relationship between frequency of ED consumption and reduced sleep. Yet, the potential long-term effects of both ED consumption and insufficient sleep among adolescents remain unclear
Association between cannabis use and physical health problems in Norwegian adolescents
More studies are needed to explore if there might a bidirectional relationship between cannabis use and physical health problems where physical problems increase cannabis use and cannabis use increases the risk of physical health problems. More knowledge on the effect of and motivation for cannabis use are important for policy makers and health care professionals involved in young people
Significance of Self-Transcendence for Rehabilitation and Relapse Prevention among Patients with Substance Use Disorder
A complex variety of restrictive and promoting factors are in play when people with substance use disorder face challenges concerning rehabilitation and relapse prevention. Self-transcendence sources are strongly associated with meaningfulness, and meaningfulness is found to be associated with less alcohol and drug use severity and relapse prevention. The aim of the present qualitative study was to investigate self-transcendence among patients wi…
Post-traumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents After the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal
Few longitudinal studies have focused on mental health problems among adolescents after earthquakes. We investigated changes in post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms from 18 to 31 months after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal and explored potential risk factors associated with the change in psychiatric symptoms. This study comprised of 515 adolescents, aged 11-17 years from two earthquake-affected areas, one severely affected …
The significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway
Suicide-prevention crisis lines worldwide offer support to individuals in crisis, nonetheless, there is limited in-depth knowledge as to the significance of contacting these services from the service-users’ first-hand perspectives. This study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the significance ascribed to contacting a diaconal suicide-prevention crisis line in Norway. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with nine callers. The m…
Changes in prevalence of mental disorders among internally displaced persons in central Sudan
The study revealed continued high levels and increases of mental disorders over time, although with a pattern of substantial persistence among those initially ill and limited recovery. This might be due to a complex set of factors such as unavailability of mental health services, poverty, low educational level and social exclusion
The prevalence of mental distress and the association with education
The prevalence of mental distress is high, and there is an association between HSCL-10 score and education. Due to the scarcity of mental health services in Myanmar, the findings indicate a need for a mental health policy to handle the burden of mental health problems in Yangon, a burden which is probably high within the country
Change in Mental Health Stigma After a Brief Intervention Among Internally Displaced Persons in Central Sudan
Existential themes in the treatment of people at suicide risk. Understandings and practices of specialist healthcare professionals
This qualitative study focuses on the ways in which existential themes were understood and addressed in therapeutic relationships with patients who had attempted suicide. Health care professionals (HCP) from Norway specialist healthcare participated in focus groups. The interviews were transcribed and analysed by systematic text-condensation through a four-step procedure. We found that the HCPs emphasised the context-specific functions of their d…
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) offers dimensional measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and 26 sources of meaning. It allows for a clearer understanding of the variety of existential orientations, which are known to be linked to both mental and physical health. The Norwegian version of the SoMe was validated by testing 925 randomly selected individuals who were representative for the Norwegian population.…
Coping, resilience and posttraumatic growth among Eritrean female refugees living in Norwegian asylum reception centres
Background: The links between migration and health are well documented. Being a refugee exacerbates migrants' vulnerability through trauma and loss. The aim of this study is to identify sources of resilience, coping and posttraumatic growth in female Eritrean refugees living in Norwegian asylum reception centres. Method: The study had a qualitative, descriptive and explorative design with two focus group interviews and 10 individual in-depth inte…
Sámi álbmotbeaivi - 'samefolkets dag' eller 'samenes nasjonaldag
This article is based on the current debate about whether or not the official Sami flag day 6 February may and should be referred to as 'Sami Day' or 'Sami National Day.' While the Norwegian government is consistently referring to the Sami as a people (folk), the Sami decided in 2005 that the celebration referred to the Sami as a nation. The use of the term 'nation' by the Sámi Parliament has created reactions among parts of the non Sami populati…
Experiences of Professional Helping Relations by Persons with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Recovery in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders often involves relationships with professional helpers, yet little is known about how these are experienced by service users. The aim of this study was to explore and describe behaviour and attributes of professional helpers that support recovery, as experienced by persons with co-occurring disorders. Within a collaborative approach, in-depth individual interviews with eight perso…
Religiousness in First-Episode Psychosis
The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of religiousness for patients suffering from first-episode psychosis. Our study is a thematic analysis. The study illustrates how the patients understood their hallucinations as mystical experiences. Even so, many of the patients describe their religiousness to be helpful in coping with their disorder, giving meaning to life as well as a relationship to a sacred figure. However, their re…
Coping, resilience and posttraumatic growth among Eritrean female refugees living in Norwegian asylum reception centres
Background: The links between migration and health are well documented. Being a refugee exacerbates migrants' vulnerability through trauma and loss. The aim of this study is to identify sources of resilience, coping and posttraumatic growth in female Eritrean refugees living in Norwegian asylum reception centres. Method: The study had a qualitative, descriptive and explorative design with two focus group interviews and 10 individual in-depth inte…
Consumption of Soft Drinks and Hyperactivity, Mental Distress, and Conduct Problems Among Adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Objectives. We examined whether high levels of consumption of sugar-containing soft drinks were associated with mental distress, hyperactivity, and conduct problems among adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted with 10th-grade students in Oslo, Norway (n = 5498). We used the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to assess mental health outcomes. Results. There was a J-shap…
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context
The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe) offers dimensional measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and 26 sources of meaning. It allows for a clearer understanding of the variety of existential orientations, which are known to be linked to both mental and physical health. The Norwegian version of the SoMe was validated by testing 925 randomly selected individuals who were representative for the Norwegian population.…
The relationship between age of menarche and mental distress in Norwegian adolescent girls and girls from different immigrant groups in Norway
If I Didn't Have My Faith I Would Have Killed Myself!”
Spirituality, religiousness, and existential thought were qualitatively investigated in six patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The present study is a deepening of a recently published quantitative investigation by Danbolt, Møller, Lien, and Hestad (2011) Danbolt, L., Møller, P., Lien, L. and Hestad, K. 2011. The personal significance of religiousness and spirituality in patients with schizophrenia. The International Journal…
Do mental health and behavioural problems of early menarche persist into late adolescence? A three year follow-up study among adolescent girls in Oslo, Norway
Meaning-Making, Religiousness and Spirituality in Religiously Founded Substance Misuse Services-A Qualitative Study of Staff and Patients' Experiences
The Norwegian health authorities buy one third of their addiction treatment from private institutions run by organizations and trusts. Several of these are founded on religious values. The aim of the study was to investigate such value-based treatment and the patients' experiences of spirituality and religiousness as factors of meaning-making in rehabilitation. The study was performed in an explorative qualitative design. Data were collected thro…
The Personal Significance of Religiousness and Spirituality in Patients With Schizophrenia
Religiousness and spirituality were examined in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Features and subjective significance are described, and associations with psychopathological phenomena are analyzed. The majority of the patients reported that religiousness and spirituality serve a vital positive influence in their ability to cope with their disorder. This positive influence was observed less among those patients with more negative sy…
Is relatively young age within a school year a risk factor for mental health problems and poor school performance? A population-based cross-sectional study of adolescents in Oslo, Norway
In adolescents from a multicultural city in Norway, relative age within a school year significantly influenced academic performance. In contrast to data from Great Britain, relative age within a school year was not an important risk factor for mental health problems in adolescents in Oslo
Consumption of Soft Drinks and Hyperactivity, Mental Distress, and Conduct Problems Among Adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Objectives. We examined whether high levels of consumption of sugar-containing soft drinks were associated with mental distress, hyperactivity, and conduct problems among adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted with 10th-grade students in Oslo, Norway (n = 5498). We used the Hopkins Symptom Checklist and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to assess mental health outcomes. Results. There was a J-shap…
The relationship between age of menarche and mental distress in Norwegian adolescent girls and girls from different immigrant groups in Norway
Is breakfast consumption related to mental distress and academic performance in adolescents
Objective To examine the relationship between mental distress, academic performance and regular breakfast consumption across gender and immigration status. Design Cross-sectional population-based study. Two four-page questionnaires were filled in during two school sessions. Setting All junior high schools in Oslo, Norway using the classroom as the setting for the study. Subjects All 10th grade students 15–16 years olds in 2000 and 2001. Of 8316 e…
Is the association between acne and mental distress influenced by diet? Results from a cross-sectional population study among 3775 late adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Among late adolescents in Oslo, self-reported acne is significantly associated with mental distress and, among girls, with infrequent consumption of raw vegetables. Our finding does not support the hypothesis that dietary factors alter the relationship between acne and mental distress
Response rates and selection problems, with emphasis on mental health variables and DNA sampling, in large population-based, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of adolescents in Norway
Lost to follow-up had marginal impact on the estimated prevalence ratios. It is not likely that the invitation to provide DNA influenced the response rates of 18/19 year olds. Non-western ethnicity, male gender and characteristics related to a low social class and general and mental health problems measured at baseline are associated with lost to follow-up and failure to provide DNA
Do mental health and behavioural problems of early menarche persist into late adolescence? A three year follow-up study among adolescent girls in Oslo, Norway
The Personal Significance of Religiousness and Spirituality in Patients With Schizophrenia
Religiousness and spirituality were examined in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Features and subjective significance are described, and associations with psychopathological phenomena are analyzed. The majority of the patients reported that religiousness and spirituality serve a vital positive influence in their ability to cope with their disorder. This positive influence was observed less among those patients with more negative sy…
Distribution and understanding of items of religiousness in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, Norway
In this study we describe religious activity, view of life and religious coping-related attitudes in Nord-Trøndelag County (Norway), give in-depth perspectives on the interpretation of these variables, and evaluate their applicability. Data were collected from the population-based Nord-Trøndelag Health Study's third wave, HUNT 3 (2006–2008) (N = 50,374), and supplemented by a focus group interview. Demographic variables showed findings correspond…
Binge eating, purging and non-purging compensatory behaviours decrease from adolescence to adulthood
Individuals affected by purging need to be targeted as a high-risk group. The distinction in severity among the subclinical ED may indicate the need for the reformulation of the eating disorder not otherwise specified category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V
Is ‘Seeking God's Help’ Associated with Life Satisfaction and Disease-specific Quality of Life in Cancer Patients? The Hunt Study
This study investigates the prevalence of ‘Seeking God's Help’, its relation to time since diagnosis, and its association with Life Satisfaction for all cancer types. This study also investigates Disease-Specific Quality of Life (QoL: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer modules) for patients with breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers. Data were obtained from the third wave of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study of Norway (HU…
The mental health of internally displaced persons
AIMS: There is a scarcity of data on mental health problems among Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs). This study aims to assess the prevalence of mental disorders of IDPs in Sudan, and to determine and compare the association between mental disorders and socio-demographic variables between the rural and urban long-term IDP populations. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was implemented in two IDP areas in Central Sudan. Data were colle…
Parental divorce in late adolescence does not seem to increase mental health problems
It seems that parental divorce in late adolescence does not lead to mental health problems in Norway any more, as has been shown before, while such problems may prevail among young adolescents. This does not mean that parental divorce create less problems in late adolescence than before but these youths might have developed adjustment abilities against health effects as divorce have turned to be more common
Disability associated with exposure to traumatic events
The finding of association between traumatic experience and disability underlines the precariousness of the human rights situation for individuals with disability in low-income countries. It also has possible implications for the construction of disability services and for the provision of health services to individuals exposed to traumatic events
If I Didn't Have My Faith I Would Have Killed Myself!”
Spirituality, religiousness, and existential thought were qualitatively investigated in six patients suffering from schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The present study is a deepening of a recently published quantitative investigation by Danbolt, Møller, Lien, and Hestad (2011) Danbolt, L., Møller, P., Lien, L. and Hestad, K. 2011. The personal significance of religiousness and spirituality in patients with schizophrenia. The International Journal…
Binge Drinking, Cannabis and Tobacco Use Among Ethnic Norwegian and Ethnic Minority Adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Mental health problems in the 10thgrade and non-completion of upper secondary school
Assuming a causal relationship from mental health problems to school performance, this study suggests that externalising problems impair educational attainment. A reduction of such problems may improve school performance, reduce school drop-out and reduce the adverse life-course consequences
Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
Quality of life and social engagement were not independently associated with drinking pattern among older adults in South Africa in this sample. In order to better understand their alcohol use, further exploratory research is warranted to identify other potentially relevant subjective factors of alcohol use among older adults in South Africa
Social phobia among long-term internally displaced persons
BACKGROUND: Despite the high worldwide prevalence and association with other mental disorders and disability, only few studies are available on social phobia in low-income countries. AIMS: This study aims to assess the prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and comorbidity of social phobia and its association with disability among long-term internally displaced persons (IDPs) in one urban and one rural area in Central Sudan. METHODS: This cross…
Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway
Chronic pains are common in multi-traumatized refugees in outpatient clinics in Norway, and are positively related to symptomatology and severity of psychiatric morbidity. The presence of chronic pain, as well as comorbid chronic pain and PTSD, in psychiatric outpatients with a refugee background call for an integrated assessment and treatment for both conditions
Meaning-Making, Religiousness and Spirituality in Religiously Founded Substance Misuse Services-A Qualitative Study of Staff and Patients' Experiences
The Norwegian health authorities buy one third of their addiction treatment from private institutions run by organizations and trusts. Several of these are founded on religious values. The aim of the study was to investigate such value-based treatment and the patients' experiences of spirituality and religiousness as factors of meaning-making in rehabilitation. The study was performed in an explorative qualitative design. Data were collected thro…
Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events
Despite decades of civil war and great poverty the alcohol use in this population was at the same level as other countries in Southern Africa. Traumatic events were not related to risk of problem drinking
Experiences of Professional Helping Relations by Persons with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Recovery in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders often involves relationships with professional helpers, yet little is known about how these are experienced by service users. The aim of this study was to explore and describe behaviour and attributes of professional helpers that support recovery, as experienced by persons with co-occurring disorders. Within a collaborative approach, in-depth individual interviews with eight perso…
Religiousness in First-Episode Psychosis
The aim of the present study is to explore the significance of religiousness for patients suffering from first-episode psychosis. Our study is a thematic analysis. The study illustrates how the patients understood their hallucinations as mystical experiences. Even so, many of the patients describe their religiousness to be helpful in coping with their disorder, giving meaning to life as well as a relationship to a sacred figure. However, their re…
Existential themes in the treatment of people at suicide risk. Understandings and practices of specialist healthcare professionals
This qualitative study focuses on the ways in which existential themes were understood and addressed in therapeutic relationships with patients who had attempted suicide. Health care professionals (HCP) from Norway specialist healthcare participated in focus groups. The interviews were transcribed and analysed by systematic text-condensation through a four-step procedure. We found that the HCPs emphasised the context-specific functions of their d…
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